It doesn't apply to state taxes, Lottery is not funded by the government, This only applies to Federal withholding, and it is designed to produce the same ammount of income to the federal government, It will do so because of the shear ammount of new tax payers, (drug dealers, pimps, tourists, ect) It would probobly add atleast 30 million new tax payers, And encourage business, Think of ALL businesses, when my boss decides to expand his business or any business decision in general, the very first thing he thinks of How will much this decision cost m e in taxes, we spend hundreds of billions yearly complying with the current tax code, the main people against this bill are the ones who stand to benefit fromt he current system, It would lower government corruption substantially

"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic."- Benjamin Franklin